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Rihanna, sex toys and role play – Slave Play has it all but it’s the show’s “black out” nights, which invite a black-only audience, that are getting more attention than the play’s themes of race, sexuality and identity. Black out nights were conceived in 2019 by Slave Play’s writer Jeremy O Harris. The official website

Bella Hadid’s new Adidas campaign has been pulled after being called “sick” and an “egregious error”. The US supermodel had been the face of the campaign for a relaunched shoe from the 1972 Munich Olympics. At those Olympic games, Palestinian terrorists from the group Black September killed 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer.

Tesla is giving free hardware upgrades for people who order the Full Self-Driving package on Model 3 Performance and Model X to qualify the vehicle for the federal tax credit tax credit. Hardware options contribute to the MSRP limit for an electric vehicle to be eligible to the tax credit, but apparently, regulators haven’t caught

Quick Charge is back to report on this week’s biggest EV stories – but I didn’t expect to read that Elon Musk was committing $45 million per month to get convicted felon, adulterer, and all-around terrible person Donald Trump re-elected! Meanwhile: Tesla’s 4680 batteries don’t work, the Cybertruck gets a fancy blanket to make sure bike

Bob Newhart, the US comedian and actor, has died. Known for his roles in the Christmas film Elf and US sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Newhart also had his own programme, The Bob Newhart Show. Jerry Digney, Newhart’s publicist, said Newhart had died at the age of 94 after “a series of short illnesses”. Newhart

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Graziano Di Prima did kick his celebrity partner Zara McDermott once during rehearsals last year, his spokesperson has said. It was announced earlier this month that the professional dancer had left the hit BBC show following reports of video footage brought to the attention of the broadcaster. Now, his spokesperson,

Tesla has released a new mobile app update to reduce the phantom drain in its parled electric vehicles. ‘Phantom drain’, sometimes called ‘vampire drain’, is the name given to the energy that electric vehicles lose while they are parked and unused. There are several factors that can affect phantom drain, like the battery thermal management

Game Of Thrones author George RR Martin has been ‘iced’ out of officially appearing at a sci-fi convention in Scotland next month after failing to fill in the application form. The renowned American writer – who is behind fantasy series A Song Of Ice And Fire – will be attending Worldcon in Glasgow. He had

The second day of the 2024 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) at the NCM Motorsports Park was marked by intense competition for some and a struggle to get rolling for others. École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) out of Montreal, which translates to Superior Technology School, continued to lead the pack on day two with

Fraser T Smith is the producer you want on speed dial to make a hit. His CV of collaborators reads like a who’s who of chart-toppers, award-winners and A-listers, from Adele, Sam Smith and Drake, to Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and Idris Elba, while his work with Stormzy, Kano and Dave has helped push the

Elon Musk might give up on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell if the situation doesn’t improve by the end of the year. Tesla’s 4680 battery cell, the automaker’s first effort to build its own cells, hasn’t gone smoothly, to say the least. First announced in 2020, it promised to enable significantly lower cost, more range, and

Adele has announced she will be taking a “big break” from music after her upcoming concerts, saying: “I don’t have any plans for new music at all.” The British singer, who has spent the past two years playing a weekend residency in Las Vegas, is performing in Europe next month for the first time since

It’s now July, which means Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale is on the horizon. With summer in full swing and fall just around the corner, now is the perfect time to stock up on portable power solutions from BLUETTI, like its AC70 power station, and plenty of other surprise deals promised to pop up during

Minnie Driver says the death of her parents gave her a new sense of appreciation for the life she has. The British-American actress says when her father, Ronnie Driver, died 15 years ago and her mother, Gaynor Churchward, died three years ago, she felt her “life had stopped in some way” and she believed “there

Media out of China reports that JiYue’s second all-electric model, the 07, has reached some local showrooms and will officially launch in September. Advertised as a fierce competitor to the Tesla Model 3, the JiYue 07 will arrive in multiple powertrain and battery size options, offering impressive (CLTC) range options. JiYue’s journey to today began

Reality star and presenter Zara McDermott has said she “wrestled with the fear” of speaking out about her time on Strictly Come Dancing, following her former professional partner Graziano Di Prima’s exit from the show. The 27-year-old appeared on the show last year and was partnered with Di Prima. In a statement shared on social

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who said he would stay on the sidelines during this election, will spend $45 million per month to elect Donald Trump, a presidential candidate who has repeatedly targeted EVs during his campaign and who has promised to end EV incentives in exchange for a billion dollars in bribes from the oil

BYD’s first pickup truck, the Shark, was spotted parked in an Arizona parking lot. The Chinese EV maker has already said it’s not planning to launch passenger cars in the States, so what’s BYD’s new Shark pickup truck doing in the US? After years of speculation and prototype testing, BYD finally confirmed earlier this year

Two of the original stars of the hit film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory will appear at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of a musical parody based on a Glasgow event that left parents fuming and children in tears. Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen, who played Veruca Salt and Mike Teevee in the

Beverly Hills 90210 stars have paid tribute to the “courageous, passionate” and “loving” Shannen Doherty following her death from cancer. Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Carteris, who rose to fame alongside Doherty in the hit 1990s teen series, have all shared memories and photographs on social media, with Garth